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* ''[[Redwall]]'' - In High Rhulain, The hare Major Cuthbert went insane after his daughter was killed by vermin. He ended up killing a sea monster single handedly.
* In Larry Niven's ''[[Known Space|Madness Has Its Place]]'', Jack Strather's megalomania and paranoid schizophrenia make him one of the few men left on Earth with the cojones to actually resist the invading Kzinti.
* ''[[Blindsight]]'': The main character's severe autism means he's the only one able to [[Awesome By Analysis|objectively synthesize]] all of the information and determine just what the deal is with the [[Starfish Alien
* In C.S. Friedman's ''[[This Alien Shore]]'', the Guerans (a mutant race descended from humanity) are all insane, which makes them the only ones who can pilot ships [[Faster-Than-Light Travel|through hyperspace]]. In addition, the heroine's multiple personality disorder grants her a secret power that could alter the balance of power throughout known space.
* [[Jack Vance]]: One of his short stories (''The Men Return'' to be exact) featured a world where causality had basically gone out the window. One character was barely surviving, trying to find patterns where there were none. The ones who were crazy before The Event on the other hand were basically gods.
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